Job 17:16
“They shall goe downe to the barres of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
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Other Translations for Job 17:16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.
- King James Version
"Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
- Basic English Bible
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.
- Darby Bible
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
- Webster's Bible
Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?"
- World English Bible
[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 17:16
17:16 They - My hopes, of which he spake in the singular number, ver.#15|, which he here changes into the plural, as is usual in these poetical books. Bars - Into the innermost parts of the pit: my hopes are dying, and will be buried in my grave. We must shortly be in the dust, under the bars of the pit, held fast there, 'till the general resurrection. All good men, if they cannot agree now will there rest together. Let the foresight of this cool the heat of all contenders, and moderate the disputers of this world.